I’ve long been curious about the phrase “left-wing conservative.” It’s a label that’s been applied to Christopher Lasch, for example. And Jacques Delors once declared that “We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives.” Though I’ve never gotten around to any of Christopher Lasch’s writings, I’ve always been under the impression that they were well worth reading. And of course, any enemy of Jacques Delors is a friend of mine. So one of my goals in life is to get a clear understanding of what the phrase “left-wing conservatism” might mean and to live up to that idea.